Natural Resource Management in Agriculture ：Methods for Assessing Economic and Environmental Impacts

Publication subTitle ：Methods for Assessing Economic and Environmental Impacts

Author： Shiferaw   B.;Freeman   H.A.;Swinton   S.M.  

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2004

E-ISBN: 9780851990682

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780851998282

Subject： F0 Economics;F3 Agricultural Economy

Keyword： Economics Agriculture and Related Industries

Language： ENG

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Description

In response to increasing concerns about the degradation of natural resources and the sustainability of agriculture, many research programmes have been established in natural resource management (NRM). However, although methods for evaluating the impacts of crop improvement technologies are well developed, there is a dearth of methods for evaluating the impacts of NRM interventions. This is partly due to the complexity of interactions among natural resources, spatial and temporal dimensions of impact, and the valuation of direct and indirect environmental costs and benefits. This book discusses the unique features and methodological difficulties of NRM impact assessment. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of various impact assessment approaches, including econometric, bio-economic, and more direct methods. It also assesses and identifies data requirements for developing impact indicators and recommends suitable methodologies for assessing the impacts of NRM technologies on issues such as soil and water conservation and watershed and biodiversity management.

Chapter

Preface

Foreword

Contributors

Reviewers

Part I. Introduction

1 Assessing the Impacts of Natural Resource Management Interventions in Agriculture: Concepts, Issues and Challenges

Part II. Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Biophysical Indicators of NRM Impacts

2 Valuation Methods and Approaches for Assessing Natural Resource Management Impacts

3 Measurable Biophysical Indicators for Impact Assessment:Changes in Soil Quality

4 Measurable Biophysical Indicators for Impact Assessment: Changes in Water Availability and Quality Introduction

5 Biophysical Indicators of Agro-ecosystem Services and Methods for Monitoring the Impacts of NRM Technologies at Different Scales

Part III. Methodological Advances for a Comprehensive Impact Assessment

6 Econometric Methods forMeasuring Natural Resource Management Impacts: Theoretical Issues and Illustrations from Uganda

7 Assessing Economic Impacts of Natural Resource Management Using Economic Surplus

8 Bioeconomic Modelling for Natural Resource Management Impact Assessment

Part IV. NRM Impact Assessment in Practice

9 Valuing Soil Fertility Change:Selected Methods and CaseStudies

10 Evaluating the Impacts of Watershed Management Projects: A Practical Econometric Approach

11 Assessing Economic andEnvironmental Impacts of NRMTechnologies: An EmpiricalApplication Using the EconomicSurplus Approach

12 Assessing the Economic andEnvironmental Impacts ofConservation Technologies:A Farm-level BioeconomicModelling Approach

13 Assessing the Impacts ofNatural Resource ManagementPolicy Interventions with aVillage General EquilibriumModel

Part V. Towards Improved Approaches for NRM Impact Assessment

14 The Concept of Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) and its Implications for Developing Evaluation Methods

15 NRM Impact Assessment in the CGIAR: Meeting theChallenge and Implicationsfor CGIAR Centres

16 Towards ComprehensiveApproaches in Assessing NRMImpacts: What We Know andWhat We Need to Know

Index